Gaza, Hamas and Israel
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As Israel expands operations in the enclave, Gazans increasingly voice defiance against Hamas, with dissenters risking their lives to demand freedom from the group’s grip.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that Israel's goal was not to occupy Gaza, but to "free Gaza."
Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. each provided their own take on the conflict, as well as issuing a joint communique on Sunday (Aug. 10).
Hamas' meetings with Egyptian officials will focus on ways to stop the war, deliver aid, and "end the suffering of our people in Gaza," Hamas official Taher al-Nono said in a statement.
President Trump said Monday that Hamas cannot be allowed to stay in the Gaza Strip due to the horrors of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack — as he weighs the risks of Israel’s looming invasion
President Donald Trump called on Hamas to surrender and release the remaining hostages, saying it would be the "fastest way" to end the suffering in Gaza.
The Revere lawmaker is the highest-ranking congressional Democrat to use that historically significant term to refer to the worsening conflict.
In his Aug. 10 op-ed (“It is very hard not to conclude that the cruelty in Gaza is deliberate”), Father Christopher Senk accuses the state of Israel of deliberately targeting Palestinian civilians in the now 22-month-long war with the terrorist group Hamas while creating food shortages that cause even more pain and suffering.
President Isaac Herzog visited Hostages Square on Sunday as Israelis marked a nationwide strike calling for the release of hostages still held in Gaza and